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…It would seem that such finding was made on the basis of the evidence of the mother.…

…Medical evidence, if sought to be adduced, ought to be so done with propriety and not in such slipshod manner. The doctor who examined the complainant should have been called to adduce proper evidence.…

…The main ground in this appeal is on the confession statement which was retracted and repudiated and the corroborative evidence to make it admissible in evidence.…

…The link in the evidence leading to the blood-stain is missing and to rely on the bloodstain as corroborative evidence which evidence was not shown to have proved the guilt of the appellant would be unsafe.…

…Where the only evidence against a defendant is evidence of identification or recognition, a trial court is enjoined to examine such evidence carefully and to be satisfied that the circumstances of identification were favourable…

…Evidence of visual identification in criminal cases can bring about miscarriage of justice and it is of vital importance that such evidence is examined carefully to minimize this danger.…

…that evidence.…

…statements and evidence.…

…The card was put in evidence as exhibit Pex 6. The antenatal clinic card of the mother of PW 2 was also put in evidence as exhibit Pexb.7. Pexb.7 shows that PW 2 was in good health. 9.…

…In this regard, there is the evidence of PW 2 that the appellant had sexual intercourse with her. Then there is the medical evidence of Hillary Kiptoo (PW 1), who examined PW 2.…

…If those pieces of evidence were taken away, Mr Prinja said, the rest of the evidence did not take the case any further.…

…In response to this evidence, the appellant made an unsworn statement.…

…The contradiction in the evidence of Mutunga and assistant chief is more than obvious.…

…The evidence of Mutunga that he took the roll of bhang tied in a cigarette packet to the assistant chief cannot be believed if the evidence of the assistant chief is accepted.…

…In this case the categorical evidence of recognition of the appellants both of whom heard her evidence and had opportunity to refute those statements.…

…The complaints in grounds 2 and 4 of the appeal are that the alibi evidence of both appellants were summarily dismissed without due consideration and that the judgment was against the weight of the evidence.…

…What we must consider however, is whether the absence of his evidence adversely affects the evidence of the other eyewitnesses as proof beyond reasonable doubt of the offence with which the appellant was charged.…

…With respect to the lack of ballistic evidence connecting the shot alleged to have been fired by the appellant which caused the death of the deceased, there is the uncontroverted medical evidence that the deceased died of…

…As such they could not betaken as evidence against the other, even to the limited extent permitted by section 32 of the Evidence Act (cap 80).…

…30 of the Indian Evidence Act (now section 32 of cap 80).…

…There is no other evidence, direct or circumstancial, to corroborate the evidence of the complainant.…

…evidence can be safely accepted as true and free from the possibility of error.…

…The appellant’s contention in this appeal is on the grounds that the two courts below erred in law in not treating Mr Barlow’s evidence as that of an accomplice; the evidence of Samson Onyango (PW 2) was not impartial as…

…of PW 1 has been strongly corroborated by the evidence of PW 3, PW 5 and PW 7”.…

…He said besides lack of evidence that it is the appellant who laced the tea in the thermos flask with poison, there was no evidence to corroborate that of the two minors.…

…read the record of appeal and re-evaluated the evidence on record.…

…of that evidence so it is worthless and cannot be convicted on but Mr.…

…Cap 15 and S.124 of Evidence Act deal withChildren's evidence under our statute law.…

…The Evidence Act (section 124, cap 80).…

…of a child of tender years and had also overlooked significant items of evidence bearing on the reliability of her evidence the conviction could not stand.…

…The Evidence Act (section 124, cap 80).…

…of a child of tender years and had also overlooked significant items of evidence bearing on the reliability of her evidence the conviction could not stand.…

…There was a number of defects in the evidence in the trial. There was no evidence, for instance of robbery as defined in Section 296(1) of the Penal Code on count two.…

…that the evidence is reliable, then after paying attention to the warning, he may nevertheless convict.…

…All this was circumstantial evidence against the first appellant.…

…An offence like murder can be established by evidence tendered directly proving it or by evidence of facts from which a reasonable person can draw the inference that murder had been committed.…

…by the evidence of Matundura and Malika.…

…The trial court had accepted the evidence of the complainant, his mother and his brother, and despite the discrepancies as to time and place, there was evidence to support that decision.…